Footboard.



A. KRUTSI-NGER.

POOTBOARD.

APPLICATION TILED ABILZG, 1909.

Patented Oct. 12, 1909.

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ALBERT KBUTSINGER, OF PASCO, WASHINGTON, 'ASSIGNOR- OF ONE-HALF T0LEMUEL N. GOODELL, OF PASCO, WASHINGTON.

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Application filed. April 26, 1909. Serial No. 492,120.

To all whom it may concern:.

Be it known that I, ALBERT KRUTSINGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pasco, in the county of Franklin and State of Washington,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Footboards, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to railway appliances and has special referenceto an improved foot board used upon railway vehicles.

An object of the invention is to provide a foot board of suchconstruction that ice, snow and the like will not adhere to the same andto thus prevent many accidents which now occur according to the presentuse of running boards of common construction.

The invention has for another object to provide a device of thischaracter which is provided with means for frictionally engaging thefeet of the person using the same to prevent the slipping from themetallic portions of the device.

ther objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription and it will be understood that changes in the spe cificstructure shown and described may be made within the scope of the claimswithout departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming a portion of thisspecification, and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is aside elevation of the device as applied to a locomotive,Fig. Qis a front elevation of the same, Fig. 8 is a detailed sectionalview through one of the wings of the device, Fig. 4: is a top plan viewof the device detached from the locomotive. Fig. 5 is a rear elevationof a fender provided with the present invention.

Referring to the drawings, 10 and 11 designate the wings of the devicewhich comprise chambered plates which are connected at their inner endsby the yoke 12 which has a steam supply pipe 15 connected thereto, andwhich is composed of a tubing and which extends upwardly between theextremities of the wings for the purpose of permitting the securing ofthe wings 10 and 11 upon the fender or to the forward sill of thelocomotive. The wings 10 and 11 are provided at their outer extremitieswith valves 14 for the purpose of permitting the draining of the wings.

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Patented Oct. 12, 1909.

wings 10 and 11 are the facing boards 16 and 17 which are constructed toconform to the configuration of the rings and which are held thereuponby bolts 18 engaged through the apertures 13 and through the facingboards 16 and 17 In operation, the device is employed as follows: Steamis introduced through the pipe 15 which is led from the boiler of theocomotive into the yoke 12 where it is conducted from the opposite endsthereof into the chambered portions of the wings l0 and 11. This causesthe wings 10 and 11 to be heated and to prevent the accumulation of iceor snow upon the upper face thereof. As the facing boards 16 and 17 areclamped closely against the upper faces of the wings 10 and 11 the sameare heated and are prevented from being covered with the ice whichgenerally accumulates on devices of this character and the facing boardsserve the purpose of preventing the burning of the feet of the rider.When it is desired to drain the wings 10 and 11, the valves 14 areopened and the steam and water of con densation are thereby permitted toescape. The valves 14 may also be employed in cleansing the chamberedportions of the wings 10 and 11 when necessary.

Fig. 5 shows a modified form of singlepiece foot board attached to atender.

What is claimed is 1. A device of the class described comprising achambered portion, means for in troducing steam into said chamberedportion, valves disposed on said chambered portion for permitting theexhausting of the steam and facing boards disposed upon said chamberedportion for the purpose of protecting riders from the heat caused by thesteam.

2. A foot board having means for heat-ing the same to prevent theaccumulation of ice or the like thereon.

3. A foot board comprising a chambered portion, facing boards mounted onsaid chambered portion and meansfor introducing and exhausting a heatingelement through said chambered portion.

4.. A device of the class described comprising two hollow wings, a yokedisposed between said wings, said yoke being centrally chambered, asteam pipe connected to said yoke, valves disposed upon the oppositeextremities of said wings, said wings having a hollowed body portion andmeans for in- 2 cameo apertures disposed therethrough and facing boardbeing chambered and having means 10 boards mounted upon said Wings andheld in i for conducting steam through said foot such position by boltspassed therethrough. board for heating the same.

5. A foot board for a .vehicle comprising I In testimony whereof I aflixmy signature,

in presence of two Witnesses. troducing steam through said body portion.1 ALBERT KRUTSINGER.

6. In a device of the character described \Vitnesses: the combinationWith a locomotive, of a foot J. D. MCCARTHY,

board disposed upon the same, said foot L. N. GoonELL.

